readstruct — Read XML data into a scalar structure.
readstruct(filename) reads XML from the active RunMat filesystem provider and returns a scalar struct projection of the root element.
Syntax
readstruct(filename)How readstruct works
- Supports XML input with elements, text nodes, attributes, repeated sibling elements, comments/prolog skipping, entity unescaping, and malformed-tag validation through the shared XML parser.
- Supports common name-value options
FileTypewith valuexml,AttributeSuffix, andTextNodeName. - Attributes are imported as fields named
<attribute><AttributeSuffix>, text on non-leaf elements is stored underTextNodeName, and repeated element names are represented as cell columns because RunMat does not yet expose MATLAB struct arrays in this layer. - HDF5, Parquet, JSON, and full schema-aware import behavior are outside this XML compatibility slice.
Example
Read XML to struct
s = readstruct('config.xml')Expected output:
s = structUsing readstruct with coding agents
Open a RunMat example with live inputs, then ask the agent to explain how readstruct changes the result.
Run a small readstruct example, explain the result, then change one input and compare the output.
Related Io functions
Repl Fs
addpath · cd · copyfile · delete · dir · exist · fileattrib · fileparts · fullfile · genpath · getenv · getpref · isenv · isfile · isfolder · ispref · ls · matlabroot · memmapfile · mkdir · movefile · open · opentoline · path · pathsep · pcode · pwd · rehash · restoredefaultpath · rmdir · rmpath · run · savepath · setenv · setpref · system · tempdir · tempname · uigetdir · uigetfile · uiputfile · unsetenv · userpath · what · winqueryreg · xmlread · xmlwrite
Tabular
arrayDatastore · csvread · csvwrite · detectImportOptions · dlmread · dlmwrite · fileDatastore · parquetDatastore · parquetinfo · parquetread · readcell · readmatrix · readtimetable · spreadsheetImportOptions · writecell · writematrix · writetable · writetimetable · xlsread · xlswrite
Filetext
fclose · feof · fgetl · fgets · fileread · filewrite · fopen · fprintf · fread · frewind · fwrite · readlines · writelines
Import
Json
About RunMat
RunMat is an open-source runtime that executes MATLAB-syntax code blazing on any GPU. It is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license.
- RunMat automatically optimizes your math for GPU execution on Apple, Nvidia, and AMD hardware. No code changes needed. Simulations that took hours now take minutes.
- Start running code in seconds. RunMat runs in the browser, on the desktop, or from the CLI. No license server, no IT ticket.